prissy

🇬🇧 UK/'prisi/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Excessively prim, proper, or fussy about minor details; easily shocked or offended.

过分拘谨的;大惊小怪的;谨小慎微的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Blend
prissyother
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Common Collocations

  • 1.prissy attitude矫揉造作的态度
  • 2.[prissy behavior]过分拘谨的行为
  • 3.act prissy表现得过于讲究
  • 4.[overly prissy]极度谨小慎微

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Don't be so prissy about getting your hands a little dirty.

  • 2.

    He gave a prissy look of disapproval when someone used the wrong fork.

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